Acergy SA (ACGY)

Acergy S.A., through its subsidiaries, provides seabed-to-surface engineering and construction contracting services for the offshore oil and gas industry worldwide. It operates in five segments: Subsea Construction, Umbilicals, Risers, and Flowlines (SURF); Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair (IMR); Conventional; Trunklines; and Survey. The SURF segment provides engineering, procurement, and construction work relating to oil and gas fields. This includes tieback projects, which involve pipelaying, umbilical installation, and trenching or ploughing to connect a new or additional subsea development to an existing production facility. The IMR segment offers platform surveys, debris removal, and pipeline inspections using divers and/or remotely operated vehicles on producing oil and gas field infrastructure. The Conventional segment comprises engineering, construction, installation, and refurbishment activities relating to platforms attached to the seabed and their associated pipelines. Its conventional activities include design, construction, and installation of fixed platforms. The Trunklines segment comprises offshore installation of pipelines used to carry oil or gas over long distances. The Survey segment provides support for both external clients and internal projects in the fields of construction support, pipeline inspection, and sea bed mapping using specialized survey ships and survey remotely operated vehicles. Its construction support activities include prelay, as-laid, and as-trenched surveys; spool metrology; deepwater positioning; and light installation works. The company is based in Sunbury-on-Thames, the United Kingdom.

For the nine months ended 31 August 2006, Acergy S.A.'s revenues rose 48% to $1.51B. Net income from continuing operations totaled $146.7M, up from $52.4M. Revenues reflect an increase in Africa & Mediterranean sales, higher Northern Europe & Canada sales and improved sales from South America & Middle East regions. Net income also reflects improved gross margins and the presence of interest income vs. an expense in the prior period.